Show WOMANS WOMAN'S WORLD Skin 0 in n Mending o Can Save Clothes Cyst Cost By Ertta Haley fine artas art artas ENDING Is not as an MENDING as it once was but Its It's just as Important Unless ss the woman of the house plans specially to take care of mending as it appears theres there's a constant scramble for needle and thread when members to of ot the family are getting ready wear something Then too unless you really give clothing that clothes budget budget bud bud- stitch in time your get Is unreasonably high Those who like to sew make a point of ot mending and d doing ing it with some degree of at skill as well as pleasure but then again agnin many women just dont don't like it Fortunately Fortunate Fortunate- ly its it's a Job you can cnn learn to like and do well weIl since its it's an easy job filled tilled with satisfaction provided you have the right equipment and proper organization One woman says she likes to do doher doher doher her mending before washing because because be be- cause it gives her so much satisfaction satisfaction satis saUse faction to be able to wash and Iron clothes without having to stop to H J. J v ff 1 J Ji Jh h i i 1 Us Use Uto matching thread i mend something while she's trying to get the laundry done complete complete- ly Another says she keeps her sewing sewing sewing sew sew- ing basket handy while ironing beb because be be- 1 b f cause its it's easy to do as you spot spott a t tt the things which need mending c f and you have the iron handy for pressing such things as necessary Others like to look forward to their mending afternoon or evening evening eve eve- ning because they've learned to relax relax relax re re- re- re lax while doing this type of sewing No one can tell telI you which plan is best for you Try several and see which fits your way of doing things best At any rate try to arrive arrive arrive ar ar- ar- ar rive at some sort of solution which will give you smartly kept clothes on hand when you want them If It you think of the end the means may be much easier to solve Organized Mending Mending- Box Speeds ds Up the Job Its It's no fun to do any kind of a aJob ajab Job jab if it you dont don't have the equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment right at hand when youre you're Inthe in inthe inthe the mood for the work If you have to hunt high and low for buttons or snaps or a special shade shad of thread or tape then youre you're defeated defeat defeat- ed before you start Keep the mending box In up up-to- up to- to date condition Many of those available are really very pretty and invite you to the task There you have bave all kinds of thread which you need in neat sections or rows No hunting for the right shade necessary sary Scissors are here too and a box of at buttons which youve you've collected by buying extra ones for garments as you ou sew or by reclaiming them from garments no longer of use Another good idea is to keep a box handy in the laundry room so that you can collect buttons snaps etc as soon as they come off the clothes You'll find hot iron mending tape available in many colors which will save many a stitch during mending time Lingerie tapes are also a good idea for the mending box since straps on slips and under things can be changed so quickly If you want to keep the mending box in good order never put In a jumble of old garments because you might want a patch from some 0 and sewing seung machine machin for lor mending of ot them for mending Launder these iron and cut out the portions portions portions por por- of material which can be used Fold these neatly pin and box them You'll remember more readily what you have and it will be in excellent to use if it you OU follow this procedure Keep an 10 assortment of ot needles already threaded on a pin cushion In the box so that you wont won't have hav to stop to thread them Machine I Mending Saves Doth Both oth Time and Effort Many women with sewing machines machines ma ma- chin chines s do not realize how much time can cnn be saved by machine mending in some cases True a darning foot for the machine is necessary but the time and small outlay required ar are well worth the effort To make the darning as inconspicuous inconspicuous inconspicuous incon incon- as possible use a fine needle and a thread which matches match match- es th the material to be mended If you find it impossible to match the thread its it's often otten possible to unravel some of at the material on one of the Inside scams Two toned fabrics such as wool tweed may be mended almost invisibly invisibly in invisibly in- in visibly if you use the dominating color in th the needle and the secondary secondary secondary sec sec- color in the bobbin Warp threads of ot fabric may be used by hand for small hol holes s. s t |